CVE-2019-5484

Bower before 1.8.8 has a path traversal vulnerability permitting file write in arbitrary locations via install command, which allows attackers to write arbitrary files when a malicious package is extracted.

Affected

bower

CVSS v3.1 NVD

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2.0 NVD

5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS

2.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 85th percentile

Published

2019-09-13

Updated

2024-08-04

Proof-of-concept exploits (3)

• https://hackerone.com/reports/473811
• https://snyk.io/blog/severe-security-vulnerability-in-bowers-zip-archive-extraction
• ossf-cve-benchmark/CVE-2019-54840★ · 2020-12-01

Security advisories

• advisories/GHSA-p6mr-pxg4-68hx
• bower/bower/commit/45c6bfa86f6e57731b153baca9e0b41a1cc699e3

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry